Candid

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Instead, we rely on a data set called the Foundation 1000. What is the Foundation 1000? In comparison, our Foundation 1000 data set is limited to grants of $10,000 or more awarded by a set of 1,000 of the largest U.S. private and community foundations. i Even though the Foundation 1000 makes up only about 1% of U.S.

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Charity Village

MAY 5, 2023

The Danone Institute of North America, a nonprofit foundation which fosters community-based work to promote sustainable food systems, launched a request for proposals for the Sustainable Food Systems Initiative.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 20, 2023

From creating a financial cushion to clearly managing your financial reporting, your finance team can create a strong foundation to help you weather whatever the new year has in store. Here are seven ways your team can make sure your nonprofit has a strong financial foundation this year. Do they give you the information you need?

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 12, 2021

In the past, many foundations viewed collaboration as a speed bump. But at a time when many foundations are looking for creative ways to address the overlapping crises of COVID-19, racial injustice, and climate change, they are viewing collaboration much differently. When foundations collaborate, the benefits are clear.

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sgEngage

MAY 30, 2023

Foundations play a crucial role in supporting nonprofit organizations and driving positive change within communities. However, in recent years, there has been a growing recognition that foundations possess the potential to offer more than just monetary resources.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 19, 2023

From creating a financial cushion to clearly managing your financial reporting, your finance team can create a strong foundation to help you weather whatever the new year has in store. Here are seven ways your team can make sure your nonprofit has a strong financial foundation this year. Do they give you the information you need?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 7, 2022

Established in 2020 as an independent entity, the WHO Foundation complements and strengthens the work of WHO and its global network of partners by mobilizing new funding from diverse sources—including philanthropists, corporate entities, and the public—to power WHO’s mission. Setting up a Secure, Yet Flexible Platform.

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

. “Smaller nonprofits are looking for automation and consistency when it comes to a database, but many don’t have the resources to maintain their current database system,” Graham explained, adding that Foundations are in need of a system that can grow with their data.

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Nonprofit AF

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Hi everyone, in observance of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, let’s remember that less than half a percent of total foundation grant.

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sgEngage

MARCH 29, 2023

Once the right staff members are in place, they become the foundation for building solid financial systems and play a central role in maintaining a secure internal control environment. Your leadership must create an ethical foundation that starts at the top. It involves management and the board, as well.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

“Why is a hospital foundation getting involved in quality-of-life issues?”. This simple answer is why MHP Foundation is shifting our fundraising focus to the social determinants of health within our community. Our greatest challenge as the MHP Foundation will be informing and motivating donors to this new case for support.

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Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 16, 2021

During the recent 2021 Nonprofit Technology Conference, Cloud for Good Founder and CEO Tal Frankfurt met virtually with two pioneering leaders utilizing Salesforce to innovate in the nonprofit space during COVID-19: Zero to Three Chief Technology Officer Edima Elinewinga and Harold Grinspoon Foundation Chief Information Officer Eric Jordan.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 19, 2023

From creating a financial cushion to clearly managing your financial reporting, your finance team can create a strong foundation to help you weather whatever the new year has in store. Here are seven ways your team can make sure your nonprofit has a strong financial foundation this year. Do they give you the information you need?

Foundation 52

Foundation Build Fund Review 52

Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 6, 2022

Across the world, leading funders like the Ford Foundation are implementing climate action strategies that go well beyond their own governance responsibilities to end investment of endowments in fossil fuels and seek opportunities to invest in alternative and renewable energy. The Impact for Grantees.

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Qgiv

APRIL 28, 2021

When a door closes, a window opens… at least that’s how it seemed to the BHcare Foundation team! BHcare Foundation provides a comprehensive and integrated system of care for adults, children, and families who are struggling with mental health issues, substance use issues, or domestic violence. The Outcome.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The key tools at your disposal—nonprofit Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems and fundraising platforms—aren’t isolated components but complementary forces driving your mission to engage, retain, and expand your supporter base. The Education Foundation of Lake County’s story begins here.

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Qgiv

MAY 4, 2021

The Consortium of Florida Education Foundations (the Consortium) and Qgiv are partnering together to help education foundations throughout the state of Florida! Susan Copeland, Polk County Education Foundation executive director, has used Qgiv’s fundraising tools for the last 14 years. Read the Press Release.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Savvy organizations are using moves management systems to track important milestones for high touch prospects to measure how many you have, how much you hope to raise, and the distribution of stages to identify shortfalls/windfalls in funding. A solid system requires buy-in. Do you know if a fundraising shortfall or windfall is coming?

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Candid

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

foundations (e.g. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation , Ford Foundation , and Hewlett Foundation ) share such data with Candid. based foundations. Myth 4: Candid’s grants data set only includes grants from US foundations. Hundreds of funders share grantmaking data directly with Candid. institutions.

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Nimble AMS

JANUARY 25, 2024

A major perk of having your a ssociation m anagement s oftware (AMS) built on the world’s top CRM platform is being connected to the Salesforce ecosystem. Choosing Nimble AMS and connecting to the Salesforce ecosystem helps you extend your system, ensuring you always have a solution for your next challenge.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The pivotal systems you use—nonprofit Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems and fundraising tools—are not mutually exclusive but complementary tools in your mission to acquire, retain, and grow your donor base. This is where the story of healthcare nonprofits like Altru Health Foundation begins.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Consider the experiences of organizations like Urban Wellness Initiative, Sea Life Preservation Society, and EcoFuture Foundation. These groups struggled with outdated donor management systems, hindering their progress in evolving their digital environment. CRM systems are integral to this effort.

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sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2024

Trailblazers like WWF, Greenpeace, and Amnesty International achieved remarkable milestones and established our foundational understanding of how to craft an effective online donation form. This theory explains that our brains are designed to think in two ways: System 1, which is instinctual, and System 2, which is rational.

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EveryAction

APRIL 5, 2023

As you use these questions to engage in dialogue with your board, it helps to remember that board members may have opinions and learned experience about what tools and systems are best. They may even have used similar systems in past roles or managed a large tech implementation at some point in their career. Try one (or both!)

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2021

By Emily Rose Patz , Senior Copywriter at DonorPerfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. Do you offer a consultation to fully customize my system to my needs? Cleaning up your database so you can “start fresh” with a new system. How long is the onboarding process? 2) Training.

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Candid

APRIL 24, 2024

PEAK Grantmaking’s “Reimagining Philanthropy” conference in March exploring these themes was a fitting setting for a session Candid organized about advancing systems change via data collaboration at scale. Candid helps us to be transparent and accountable to our community,” Dickenson said.

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Top Nonprofits

DECEMBER 31, 2021

While your nonprofit’s plan will be unique, these foundational tips are sure to help you set the stage for the new fundraising year. Machine learning and predictive technology make it easy – all you have to do is integrate these tools with your donor management system. How can you append these attributes to your database?

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Candid

JANUARY 2, 2024

Instead, it encourages foundations to start fresh by reassessing how they best live up to their responsibility and promises made to invest private resources for the public good. It outlines 10 core principles for philanthropy serving organizations (PSOs) to enhance their impact and contribute to broader systems change.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

2020 has challenged grants managers at foundations in ways that no one could have anticipated. Any one of these factors might have created a shift in the operating model for many foundations. The confluence of all these events has made many foundations completely re-evaluate their philanthropic strategy. A global pandemic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

New Research and a Welcome Surprise from Foundation CEOs. How much promise do the following practices hold for increasing foundations’ impact in the coming decades?” This question was one of many in a recently released research study commissioned by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation on the occasion of its 50 th anniversary.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 20, 2021

Today’s Q&A is with Alicia Dicks, President & CEO of The Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties. Q: What led you to working at a community foundation? Q: What accomplishment are you most proud of as the President & CEO of The Community Foundation of Herkimer & Oneida Counties?

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 16, 2024

Learn their systems and subscriptions Familiarize yourself with the tools and platforms your organization utilizes for fundraising. Understanding the systems early on will streamline your work and boost your efficiency. Remember, the first month is about laying the foundation for success. You’ve got this!

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Candid

JULY 27, 2023

This data powers tools like Candid’s Foundation Directory , allowing users to see who’s giving what, where, and to whom. private and community foundations. And we would narrow the focus to 1,000 of the largest private and community foundations. funders, and public foundations (aka grantmaking public charities).

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sgEngage

APRIL 8, 2024

These grants typically have goals associated with them—the foundation has a specific mission, or the government grant wants to address a specific societal issue. That starts with a fund accounting system built for nonprofit organizations. Ready to see how a fund accounting system can simplify how you track your unrestricted funds?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

By Rosie Powers , a Strategist at Mission Minded —a branding firm that works exclusively with nonprofits, foundations, and independent schools. Your brand strategy and key messages should form the foundation for all of your donor communications, new and old. How do these align with your overall brand strategy? Hint: they should!)

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Tech Soup

MAY 20, 2013

Foundations fund and coordinate mission-based work. TechSoup also has a new foundation resource area for software donations. I know that by the numbers, there are far fewer foundations than nonprofits in the US (94 percent charities versus 6 percent foundations), but most foundations are relatively small.

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Nimble AMS

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Discover how the Council of Foundations successfully leverages Nimble AMS dashboards to optimize its data. Our previous systems required us to pay someone who understood the systems to set up process automations with custom code. Want to learn more tips to develop a data-driven culture?

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